COMPETANCY BASED QUESTIONS
CHAPTER : RAY OPTICS
CLASS: 12TH
{ 1 Marks Questions}
1. A ray of light is incident normally on one face of a right angled isosceles prism.
It then grazes the hypotenuse. The refractive index of the material of prism is :
a) 1.5 b) 1.414 c) 1.33 d) 1.732
2. Green light of wavelength 5460A0 is incident on an air and glass interface. If the
refractive index of glass is 1.5, the wavelength of light in glass would be:
a) 5460 A0 b) 4861 A0 c) 3640 A0 d) 2810 A0
3. If the refractive index of a prism is 60 0 and minimum deviation 300, the angle of
incidence will be:
a) 300 b) 450 c) 600 d) 900
4. A lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 when the lens is immersed in a
liquid of refractive index 1.25, the focal length:
a) increases to a factor of 1.25 b) increases to a factor of 2.5 c) decreases to a
factor of 2.5 d) decreases to a factor of 1.25
5. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the
refractive index of lens. Then the focal length will be:
a) becomes zero b) becomes infinite c) becomes small, but not zero d)
remains unchanged
6. For a prism having prism angle 600 and µ = √3, the angle of minimum deviation
is:
a) 300 b) 450 c) 600 d) 900
For question numbers 7-10, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A)
and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions
from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
7. Assertion: The focal length of a lens is same for all colours of light
Reason: The focal length depends only upon the material of the lens.
8. Assertion: The property of converging or diverging of a lens is same for all
media.
Reason: The property of converging or diverging of a beam by a lens depends
upon whether the beam is convergent or divergent.
9. Assertion: An air bubble formed in a water diverges the incident rays.
Reason: An air bubble in water is convex and hence it will act as a convex lens
even in water.
10. Assertion: A simple microscope may have different magnification for different
persons.
Reason: All persons may not have the same near point distance of 25 cm.
{2 Marks Questions}
11. a) Two thin lenses of power +5D and -3D are in contact. What is the focal
length of the combination?
b) A lens of glass is immersed in water. What will be its effect on the power of
lens?
12.a) A convex lens of glass of refractive index µL is immersed in a medium of
refractive index µM. How will the lens behave when µL<µM ?
b) A converging lens of refractive index 1.5 is kept in a liquid medium having
same refractive index. What would be the focal length of the lens in this medium?
13. For the same value of angle of incidence , the angle of refraction in three
media A, B, C are 150, 250 and 350 respectively. In which medium would the
velocity of light be minimum?
14. An object AB is kept in front of a concave mirror as shown in the figure :
(i) Complete the ray diagram showing the image formation of the object.
(ii) How will the position and intensity of the image be affected if the lower half of
the mirror’s reflecting surface is painted black?
{3 MARKS QUESTIONS}
15. The following table gives the values of the angle of deviation for different
values of the angle of incidence for a triangular prism.
Angle of 33o 38o 42o 52o 60o 71o
incidence
Angle of 60o 50o 46o 40o 43o 58o
deviation
(i) For what value of the angle of incidence, is the angle of emergence likely to be
equal to the angle of incidence itself?
(ii) Draw a ray diagram showing the passage of a ray of light through this prism
when the angle of incidence has the above value.
16. A concave lens made of material of refractive index µ1 is kept in a medium of
refractive index µ2. A parallel beam of light is incident on the lens. Complete the
path of rays of light emerging from the concave lens, if :
(i) µ1 > µ2 (ii) µ1 = µ2 (iii) µ1 < µ2
17. (i) Draw a neat labelled ray diagram of a compound microscope. Explain briefly
its working.
(ii) Why must both the objective and the eye-piece of a compound microscope
have short focal lengths?
18. The radius of curvature of each surface of a convex lens of refractive index 1.5
to 40 cm. Calculate its power.
{ 4 MARKS QUESTIONS}
19. Case study -1
A microscope is a device which is used to view tiny objects. It consists of two
converging lenses called the objective and the eye-piece. The tiny object to be
examined is placed just beyond the first focus of the objective lens. The position
of the eye-piece is adjusted till the image due to the objective is within the first
focus of the eye-piece. The highly enlarged final image is seen by the eye which is
held close to the eye lens.
From the given passage, answer the following questions:
(i) What will happen, if the aperture of the objective piece of a compound
microscope is increased?
(a) Intensity of image increase
(b) Intensity of light decreases
(c) Intensity of light first decreases then increases
(d) None of these
(ii) What is the nature of the intermediate image (i.e., image of the object due to
the objective lens) in a compound microscope?
(a) real, virtual and smaller in size
(b) virtual, erect and magnified
(c) real, inverted and magnified
(d) none of these
(iii) What is the nature of the final image formed by the compound microscope?
(a) real, erect and smaller in size
(b) virtual, inverted and magnified
(c) real, inverted and magnified
(d) none of these
(iv) When will be the magnifying power of a compound microscope is high?
(a) When both the objective and the eye-piece have short focal lengths.
(b) When both the objective and the eye-piece have large focal lengths.
(c) When the objective lens have large focal lengths and eye lens have smaller
focal lengths.
(d) None of these
20. CASE STUDY-2
For total internal reflection, the incident ray must travel in a denser medium µ2 to
the boundary of a rarer medium µ1 (µ2 > µ1 ) and the angle of incident must be
greater than critical angle (ic) given by (from fig.)
µ2 sin ic = µ2 sin 90o
=> sin ic = µ1 / µ2
if rarer medium is air (µ1 = 1 and µ2 = µ), then sin ic = 1
µ
The value of ic depends upon µ1, µ2 and wavelength of light.
Read the given passage and answer the following questions:
(i) A ray of light incident normally on face AB of an isosceles prism travels as
shown in figure. What is the least value of the refractive index of the prism?
(a) √3 b)√2 c) 2√2 d) 2.5
2. The critical angle for total internal reflection from medium to vaccum is 300.
What is the refractive index of medium ?
a) 2.5 b) 1 c) √2 d) 2
3. The critical angle for total internal reflection from medium to vacuum is 300.
What will be the velocity of light in medium ?
a) 1.5x105m/s b) 2.0x105 m/s c) 1.5x108 m/s d)3x108 m/s
4. Name the principle on which optical fibre work
a) total internal reflection b) refraction c) scattering d) dispersion
